MakerDAO / FriDAI Brunch Series

In this all-female panel we talked with 3 special guests about the path and their feelings and challenges to make the Web3 and Blockchain understood, appreciated and adopted by the masses.
Speakers:
Maria Paula Fernandez - Advisor at Golem
Emilie Raffo - Account Manager at PwCSmart Contract Assurance
Michelle Plur - Comms Lead at Ethereum Swarm

A discussion focused on how blockchain technology can be a fundamental asset for humanity and social causes. Due to its transparent nature, blockchain can create new means of giving, accepting and distributing donations.
We talked about the current and future applications and opportunities with two relevant speakers:

Simona Pop - Head of Community at Status
Mehran Hydary - Product Manager Blockchain at Unicef
Omar Majdoub - Event coordinator at Blockchain Society Ghana and co-founder of Afroblocks

For the new episode, we invited some experts operating in the "magical" word of Prediction Markets:
Ish Goel, CEO & Co-Founder at PlotX
Rafael Suarez, Business Development Manager at Gnosis
The topic is very fascinating and we will learn how & why it became popular lately and the challenges they have faced.

Gaming is the new trending topic in the blockchain scenario! We discover this magical world and hear exciting stories from its pioneers.

Think about your favorite game and the feelings it brings up in you. Now imagine how blockchain technology could take it into the next level.

The event consist of short demos and a discussion with our expert speakers.

Our guests:
- Aleksander Leonard Larsen , COO and Co-founder of Axie Infinity & Sky Mavis
- Mariano Di Pietrantonio, Community Lead LATAM at Maker Foundation
- Michael Sanders, Co-founder at Horizon and Skyweaver

This time with a keynote and a panel, we highlighted the positivity, success & achievements stories from people working in an inclusive space such as blockchain, share learnings & advices, encourage & inspire new entrants. Blockchain can solve our problems only if we let its diverse stakeholders contribute to this process!

Learn more about how DeFi is evolving around the world: Jocelyn and Maria (Community Leads in APAC and Europe at Maker Foundation) hosted a panel with two interesting guests working in the DeFi space, living in two different countries and managing diverse communities: Sai Teja (Smart Contract developer at Nuo and Founder of Just DeFi) and Harith Kamarul (Community & Education at Etherscan and Organizer of ETHKL).
They shared their knowledge, experiences, and visions with us!

Provide the best UX with the right design is crucial for the new products and services, and even more important for new products striving to succeed in a new industry. We discussed with two experts who will share their experience and opinions:
Henry Doe - Head of Design at Maker Foundation
Lili Feyerabend - Freelance Designer, https://www.impermanence.co/

Are you ready to finally understand how decentralized governance works? Through this interactive presentation by Charles St. Louis, a Decentralized Governance Architect at the Maker Foundation, you can learn about the processes, how to participate and what Maker is doing towards the full Protocol decentralization.

Digital Art and Crypto Collectibles are the new trends in the Art space. During this hour together, we had the chance to find out more and to learn tips from some experts working in this shining and growing field.
Speakers:
Kate Vass - CEO & owner Kate Vass Galerie
Serena Tabacchi - CEO at Museum Of Contemporary Digital Art
Artur Sychov- CEO at Somnium Space

FriDAI Brunch n1 is a double interview/discussion with two young professionals, who shared with u s their experiences, visions, and anecdotes from working in this novel industry: Gustav Arentoft - Business Development at Maker Foundation and Lea Schmitt - Product Partnership Manager at Centrifuge.